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Rockland Riverside Dental: Jacob Wallach DDS, P.C.
99 N Broadway
Nyack, NY 10960
Dentist in Nyack
58 Depew Avenue
Nyack, NY 10960
Dr. Henry S Bylicky Jr, DDS
77 Main Street
Nyack, NY 10960
Dental Care of Rockland
372 New York 59
Nyack, NY 10960
Dr. Angela Boudounis-Hatzis, DDS
265 North Highland Avenue
Nyack, NY 10960
Nyack Pediatric Dentistry
265 North Highland Avenue
Nyack, NY 10960
Palisades Mall Dental LLP
3645 Palisades Center Drive
Nyack, NY 10960
Piermont Dental
90 North Highland Avenue
Nyack, NY 10960
Can everyone wear braces? Unfortunately, some patients cannot. Why? Everyone would like to have white, healthy and straight teeth. Majority of us, when able to afford it, can straighten their teeth and eventually overcome complexes, which might have been disturbing us since our childhood. Straight teeth are important not only from the aesthetical point of view: malocclusions may cause a lot of diseases such as mobility or drifting of teeth, periodontal diseases or temporomandibular joint diseases. Moreover, ... .
In contrary to the removable dental braces, the fixed ones are put on by an orthodontist for the whole period of the treatment. Nowadays, patients opt for them rather than for the removable braces because the treatment is noticeably shorter and more effective with the fixed braces. ... .
The pursuit of white smile is commonly associated with the 20th century society. However, people have been striving for white teeth since hundreds of years. ... .
Malocclusion means all kinds of possible deviations from ideal occlusion. It manifests itself with a misalignment of the teeth in the dental arch, delayed teething, having supernumerary or missing teeth as well as having teeth of abnormal size or shape. Malocclusion does not only affect your appearance, but also has an impact on the oral cavity functions. In effect, you might suffer from breathing, chewing, swallowing or even speech disorders. Overbite, underbite and crossbite are the most ... .
In order to maintain the effects of the orthodontic treatment, we have to undergo the retention phase, which will prevent possible return of malocclusion. What is the retention phase and how long does it take? During the orthodontic treatment our teeth change their position. The braces force the teeth to move from places where they have stayed during our whole life. Unfortunately, usually the braces are not enough to hold the teeth in the desired position for ... .